PERSUASION IS ALL AROUND YOU You might be surprised at how many people and businesses are trying to convince you to do things every day. You only have to watch commercials, read the paper, look at the ads in your magazines, or read the billboards as you’re driving home to see that persuasion is all around you.
Tonight in class, find a persuasive piece to share about in class. It can be an article in the newspaper, a letter to the editor, a movie or book review, a commercial, or an advertisement in a magazine or newspaper. Once you have found your persuasive piece, answer the questions below.
3. What are they trying to persuade you to do? They are trying to convince me to buy the Gazelle (work out machine)
4. Do you think their argument is convincing? Why or why not? The argument is convincing because they both are in shape, so it makes me think if I do this same work out as them that I can be in shape just like them. They also make the Gazelle look very simple to use and they show you how to work out different areas of your body such as your hips, butt, and calves. So I think they did a good job with trying to sell the Gazelle.
PERSUASION IS ALL AROUND YOU
You might be surprised at how many people and businesses are trying to convince you to do things every day. You only have to watch commercials, read the paper, look at the ads in your magazines, or read the billboards as you’re driving home to see that persuasion is all around you.
Tonight in class, find a persuasive piece to share about in class. It can be an article in the newspaper, a letter to the editor, a movie or book review, a commercial, or an advertisement in a magazine or newspaper. Once you have found your persuasive piece, answer the questions below.
1. Where did you find your persuasive example? http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-persuasive-tv-ads.php
2. Who is trying to persuade you? Tony Little
3. What are they trying to persuade you to do? They are trying to convince me to buy the Gazelle (work out machine)
4. Do you think their argument is convincing? Why or why not? The argument is convincing because they both are in shape, so it makes me think if I do this same work out as them that I can be in shape just like them. They also make the Gazelle look very simple to use and they show you how to work out different areas of your body such as your hips, butt, and calves. So I think they did a good job with trying to sell the Gazelle.